Impact of a health education intervention program about breast selfexamination on female employees at Damanhour University | ||
| Zagazig Nursing Journal | ||
| Article 2, Volume 11, Issue 2 - Serial Number 2015, 2015, Pages 21-41 PDF (769.78 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.12816/0029168 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Reem Bassiouny EL-Lassy; Abeer Abd El Aziz Madian | ||
| Lecturer of Community Health Nursing-Faculty of Nursing- Damanhour University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Breast cancer is a major health concern and remains the most common malignancy in women worldwide comprising 16% of all female cancers. Aim of the study: To identify the impact of a health education intervention program about breast self-examination on female employees at Damanhour University. Subjects & Methods: Research design: The study was carried out through a quasi-experimental design in three phases; pre intervention phase, intervention phase, and post intervention phase. Setting: The study was conducted at the Main Administrative University Building, Faculty of Art, Faculty of Education and Faculty of Commerce. Those settings were affiliated to Damanhour University. Subjects: Female employees from the previously mentioned settings were included in the study according to inclusion criteria; the total sample was 120 female employees. Tools of data collection: Two tools were used for data collection: 1) A structured interview questionnaire, 2) Observation check list. Results: more than two thirds of the studied sample aged 35 years and more, 55% were married and about one tenth of them had previous history of breast problems. Significant improvement was observed in knowledge and practices of female employees regarding breast self-examination. Conclusion: The study concluded that the education intervention program had a positive impact on females’ knowledge and practices regarding to breast self-examination and breast cancer. Recommendations: The study recommended that developing educational program for female students at secondary schools and university about breast cancer and breast self-examination is important issue. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| breast cancer; Breast self-examination; Screening; Health education program; risk factors | ||
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